Conservative Attitude of Forest Dwelling Communities: Hope for JFM to Succeed Evidence from Repeated Field Experiments in Central India

dc.contributor.authorGhate, Rucha
dc.contributor.authorGhate, Suresh
dc.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-15T20:00:48Z
dc.date.available2011-04-15T20:00:48Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstract"Decentralization in natural resource management is becoming a norm in majority of developing countries for ensuring economic efficiency, sustainability of the resource, and socio-economic equity. In the Indian forestry sector, decentralization got ushered in through programs like JFM, and successive legislations since the Forest Policy, 1988. Although several studies have documented suitability of the participatory approach, often questions are raised whether the relationship between forest and forest dwelling communities continues to be symbiotic, or if it has changed under the influence of globalization and commercialization. Based on four repeated field experiments in a community located in central India, this paper indicates that in case of indigenous communities, their relationship with forest continues to be non-exploitative and non- commercial. By increasing complexity in subsequent games, an attempt has been made to create real-life like situation in the context of forest use - open access and with JFM, where individuals in a community harvest forest products – timber, fodder, fuel wood, either independently or after consulting the community. The findings of the paper support participatory management strategy that provides opportunities for communities to make collective decisions through enhanced communication. The paper confirms the argument that decentralization would not only encourage sustainable resource use due to increased sense of ownership, but could potentially lay foundation for equitable distribution too."en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdatesJanuary 10-14en_US
dc.identifier.citationconferenceSustaining Commons: Sustaining Our Future, the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commonsen_US
dc.identifier.citationconflocHyderabad, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/7305
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectdecentralizationen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectfield worken_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.titleConservative Attitude of Forest Dwelling Communities: Hope for JFM to Succeed Evidence from Repeated Field Experiments in Central Indiaen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US
dc.type.publishedunpublisheden_US

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